United Nations

Annan to seek additional donor support to ensure continuation of aid for DPR of Korea

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S ADVISORY BOARD ON DISARMAMENT MATTERS
TO MEET FROM 5 TO 7 FEBRUARY

REGULATIONS TO GIVE EFFECT TO ARTICLE 102 OF THE CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS

AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP, NEEDS OF WORLD’S POOREST COUNTRIES

PRESS STATEMENT ON ETHIOPIA/ERITREA BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 24 ORGANIZATIONS FOR SPECIAL CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

PRESS STATEMENT ON CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE WILL HEAR REPORTS OF EIGHT COUNTRIEs, WHEN IT MEETS AT HEADQUARTERS, 13-31 JANUARY

CHAIRPERSONS AND VICE-CHAIRPERSONS OF SECURITY COUNCIL, SANCTIONS COMMITTEES ELECTED FOR 2003

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS NINE ORGANIZATIONS FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS, WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD TO HOLD THIRTY-SECOND SESSION, IN GENEVA, 13 - 31 JANUARY

UNITED NATIONS ISSUES ‘WORLD ECONOMIC SITUATION AND PROSPECTS 2003’, SAYS UNCERTAINTIES, RISKS IMPERIL GLOBAL ECONOMIC REBOUND

MEMBERSHIP OF PRINCIPAL UNITED NATIONS ORGANS IN 2003

NGO COMMITTEE ACTS ON DEFERRED APPLICATIONS FOR ECOSOC CONSULTATIVE STATUS, REQUESTS FOR RECLASSIFICATION AS RESUMED SESSION CONTINUES

ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY DIRECTOR-GENERAL CALLS ON DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA TO REVERSE DECISION ON TREATY WITHDRAWAL

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE OPENS TWENTY-EIGHTH SESSION; ELECTS OFFICERS, ADOPTS WORK PROGRAMME

SECRETARY-GENERAL VOICES EXTREME CONCERN AT LEVEL OF VIOLENCE, GROWING CASUALTIES IN ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT

GLOBAL TYPE DESIGN EXHIBITION TO OPEN AT UN HEADQUARTERS ON 17 JANUARY

COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS RECOMMENDS SIX NGOS FOR SPECIAL CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

SECURITY COUNCIL TO DEBATE SECRETARY-GENERAL’S REPORT ON CHILDREN AFFECTED BY ARMED CONFLICT

EXPERTS IN WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE RAISE QUESTIONS CONCERNING REPORTS OF SWITZERLAND ON COMPLIANCE WITH CONVENTION

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, 14 JANUARY 2003

SECRETARY-GENERAL PROVIDES LIST TO SECURITY COUNCIL OF THOSE USING CHILD SOLDIERS, SAYS EXPOSURE MEANS VIOLATORS OF PROTECTION NORMS CAN NO LONGER ACT WITH IMPUNITY

SITUATIONS IN IRAQ, MIDDLE EAST, AFGHANISTAN, BALKANS, AFRICA AMONG KEY ISSUES BEFORE SECURITY COUNCIL IN 2002

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS USING CHILD SOLDIERS CAN NO LONGER BE DONE WITH IMPUNITY,
AS SECURITY COUNCIL HOLDS DAY-LONG DEBATE ON CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ONE ORGANIZATION FOR ECOSOC CONSULTATIVE STATUS, DEFERS ACTION ON SEVERAL OTHERS

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE EXPERTS EXPRESS OPTIMISM NEW GOVERNMENT
OF KENYA WILL COUNTER PERSISTENT, TRADITIONAL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION

PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

COMMITTEE ON NGOS RECOMMENDS ONE ORGANIZATION FOR ROSTER CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ‘PROGRESSIVELY GAINING IN RELEVANCE’, NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT TELLS MEMBERS

EXPERTS IN WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE EXPRESS CONCERN AT DECLINE OF WOMEN’S SITUATION IN ALBANIA

RENEWED EFFORTS NEEDED FOR SUCCESSFUL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS, SECRETARY-GENERAL
SAYS AT CEREMONY MARKING MOROCCO’S CHAIRMANSHIP OF GROUP OF 77

CLEAR INTERNATIONAL CONSENSUS SUPPORTS ‘ROAD MAP’ TOWARDS TWO-STATE MIDDLE EAST SETTLEMENT, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

JOINT INSPECTION UNIT ELECTS CHAIRMAN AND VICE-CHAIRMAN

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS NINE ORGANIZATIONS FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT TO OPEN 2003 SESSION ON 20 JANUARY

FEDERALISM IN SWITZERLAND NO HINDRANCE TO SOCIAL CHANGE, WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD

PRESS STATEMENT ON LIBERIA BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

SECURITY COUNCIL DECIDES TO IMPROVE IMPLEMENTATION OF MEASURES AGAINST TALIBAN, MEMBERS OF AL QAEDA

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS FIVE ORGANIZATIONS FOR SPECIAL CONSULTATIVE STATUS
WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

NORWAY CALLED ‘HAVEN FOR GENDER EQUALITY’, AS WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE EXAMINES REPORTS ON COMPLIANCE WITH CONVENTION

MENACE OF TERRORISM REQUIRES GLOBAL RESPONSE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, STRESSING IMPORTANCE OF INCREASED UNITED NATIONS ROLE

MINISTERIAL-LEVEL SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING CALLS FOR URGENT ACTION TO PREVENT, SUPPRESS ALL SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 2 ORGANIZATIONS FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ELECTS CHAIRPERSON AND BUREAU FOR FIFTY-NINTH SESSION

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TAKES UP EL SALVADOR’S REPORTS, COMMENDS COUNTRY’S CREATION OF INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN

REVITALIZING CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT REQUIRES RENEWED POLITICAL WILL, DETERMINATION, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS FOUR ORGANIZATIONS FOR SPECIAL CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT OPENS 2003 SESSION, HEARS MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY-GENERAL URGING END TO IMPASSE

HEADS OF MAJOR HUMANITARIAN AGENCIES CALL FOR ACTION TO ADDRESS SOUTHERN AFRICA’S HUMANITARIAN CRISIS

LUXEMBOURG COMMENDED FOR COMMITMENT TO PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY, AS WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE CONSIDERS COUNTRY’S FOURTH REPORT

SWITCH TO UNLEADED FUEL ‘IN SIGHT’ FOR AFRICA, ACCORDING TO NEW UN ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME REPORT

WESTERN ASIA PREPARATORY CONFERENCE FOR INFORMATION SOCIETY WORLD SUMMIT TO BE HELD IN BEIRUT 4-6 FEBRUARY

SEMINAR ON SECURITY SECTOR REFORM EMPHASIZES DEMOCRATIC CIVILIAN CONTROL

MEETING ON BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE FOR THE CARIBBEAN TO BE HELD AT HEADQUARTERS, 24 JANUARY

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS EIGHT ORGANIZATIONS FOR SPECIAL CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE PRAISES CANADA FOR ADVANCING WOMEN’S RIGHTS, BUT EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER NUMBER OF WOMEN IN POVERTY

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS FIVE ORGANIZATIONS FOR SPECIAL CONSULTATIVE STATUS, THREE FOR ROSTER STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY, CUSTOMARY LAW, HUMAN TRAFFICKING ADDRESSED, AS ALBANIA RESPONDS TO WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE

SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS PLUNDER OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO’S RESOURCES, REQUESTS NEW SIX-MONTH MANDATE FOR INVESTIGATIVE PANEL

NGO COMMITTEE CONCLUDES 2002 RESUMED SESSION, WITH FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS ON ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONSULTATIVE STATUS

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN ADDRESS TO MONTREAL MODEL UNITED NATIONS, SAYS ‘NATIONS WORKING TOGETHER CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE’

ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN FRANCE, 23 - 26 JANUARY

IVOIRIAN LEADERS OF ALL PARTIES MUST ENSURE RESPECT FOR RULE OF LAW, HUMAN RIGHTS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES THOROUGH REFORM OF IVORIAN DEFENCE, SECURITY FORCES

SECRETARY-GENERALURGES THOROUGH REFORM OF IVORIAN DEFENCE, SECURITY FORCES

GOAL MUST BE TO MAKE GLOBALIZATION AN EQUITABLE, INCLUSIVE PROCESS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFED BY CHIEF UN WEAPONS EXPERTS ON FIRST 60 DAYS OF INSPECTIONS IN IRAQ

HUMANITARIAN ENVOY FOR CÔTE D’IVOIRE URGES AUTHORITIES TO RESTORE PEACE

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT TO ADDRESS WEST AFRICAN HEADS OF STATE SUMMIT

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION ELECTS OFFICERS FOR ELEVENTH SESSION, TO BE HELD AT HEADQUARTERS 28 APRIL - 9 MAY

KOFI ANNAN CALLS FOR STRENGTHENING OF COOPERATION BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS AND CENTRAL AFRICA IN PEACEKEEPING AND SECURITY

SECURITY COUNCIL EXPRESSES STRONG SUPPORT FOR ‘KIMBERLEY PROCESS’, AIMED AT HALTING ILLICIT DIAMOND TRADE USED TO FUEL CONFLICTS

SECURITY COUNCIL RE-ESTABLISHES PANEL INVESTIGATING COMPLIANCE WITH LIBERIA SANCTIONS FOR FURTHER THREE MONTHS

PRESS STATEMENT ON CÔTE D’IVOIRE BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

UNDPI TO HONOUR AD AGENCIES FROM UNITED STATES, BRAZIL AT INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISING AWARDS SHOW ON 31 JANUARY

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TOLD THAT GLOBAL ECONOMIC RECOVERY STILL NOT SECURE

NINE CONFIRMED DEAD IN MOZAMBIQUE

REPUBLIC OF CONGO RESPONDS TO QUESTIONS RAISED IN WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN JANUARY 2003

SECURITY COUNCIL ADJUSTS LIST OF RESTRICTED GOODS, PROCEDURES OF IRAQ ‘OIL-FOR-FOOD’ PROGRAMME

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISTURBED THAT FIGHTING CONTINUES IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO DESPITE 16 DECEMBER CEASEFIRE ACCORD

ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY RESPONDS TO REQUEST TO REMOVE INSPECTORS BY DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE AND COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE ADOPT DECISIONS ON INDIVIDUAL COMPLAINTS

PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

SECURITY COUNCIL ENDORSES 22 DECEMBER KABUL DECLARATION, UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1453 (2002)

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION APPROVES 21 NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS FOR ASSOCIATION

SEVENTEENTH LAW OF SEA FELLOWSHIP AWARDED

ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN WASHINGTON, D.C., 20 DECEMBER

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS KABUL DECLARATION BASIS TO PROMOTE REGIONAL COOPERATION, IN MESSAGE TO CONFERENCE ON GOOD NEIGHBOURLY RELATIONS

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CALLS ON ISRAEL NOT TO EXPLOIT NATURAL RESOURCES IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES AS IT ADOPTS SECOND COMMITTEE TEXTS

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCLUDES MAIN PART OF FIFTY-SEVENTH SESSION; ADOPTS RESOLUTION PROVIDING SUPPORT, DIRECTION FOR UN REFORM

NEED FOR MULTILATERALISM, ELIMINATION OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM STRESSED DURING CURRENT GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION

SECURITY COUNCIL ADJUSTS PROVISIONS REGARDING FROZEN FUNDS OF TALIBAN AND AL QAEDA MEMBERS

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT HAILS TIMELY CONCLUSION OF MAIN SESSION, LAYS OUT MAIN TASKS, OBJECTIVES THAT LIE AHEAD

SECURITY COUNCIL FAILS TO ADOPT DRAFT RESOLUTION CONDEMNING RECENT ISRAELI ACTIONS

SECURITY COUNCIL ASSESSES ITS WORK FOR 2002, DISCUSSES CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES FOR 2003 IN YEAR-END WRAP-UP MEETING

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT STRONGLY CONDEMNS VIOLENCE AGAINST CIVILIANS, PROTECTED PERSONS IN CONFLICT SITUATIONS

SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS ATTEMPTS AT FORCE TO INFLUENCE POLITICAL SITUATION, OVERTHROW ELECTED GOVERNMENT IN CÔTE D'IVOIRE

CENTRAL ASIAN NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE ZONE CONSULTATIVE MEETING HELD AT HEADQUARTERS 17 DECEMBER

UNITED NATIONS AND SWEDEN AGREE ON MEASURES TO PRESERVE ARCHIVAL MATERIAL OF DAG HAMMARSKJÖLD

ADOPTING THEME FOR HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT OF 2003 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONCLUDES ITS WORK FOR YEAR

SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFED BY MISSION DISPATCHED TO KOSOVO, 13 - 17 DECEMBER; TOLD SUBSTANTIAL INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT NEEDED FOR FORESEEABLE FUTURE

UNCTAD HANDBOOK OF STATISTICS 2002 RELEASED

PRESS STATEMENT ON CYPRUS BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

PRESS STATEMENT ON GUINEA-BISSAU BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS 75 RESOLUTIONS ON SOCIAL, HUMANITARIAN ISSUES, INCLUDING OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE

SECURITY COUNCIL WILL SUPPORT IMMEDIATE, FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF 2 DECEMBER CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT IN BURUNDI

MARKING INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS DAY, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT STRESSES DIALOGUE, COOPERATION IN MANAGING MIGRATION WITH DIGNITY

LEARNING INSTITUTIONS ARE IMPORTANT ALLIES OF UNITED NATIONS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT NAMING OF DIPLOMACY SCHOOL

SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFED BY CHAIRS OF SANCTIONS COMMITTEES, WORKING GROUPS; LESSONS LEARNED, CONTINUITY STRESSED

ASIAN, PACIFIC COUNTRIES REAFFIRM COMMITMENT TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, RIGHTS, AS BANGKOK MEETING CONCLUDES

PRESS STATEMENT ON KUWAIT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

IMPORTANCE OF FULL COOPERATION WITH FORMER YUGOSLAVIA, RWANDA TRIBUNALS STRESSED BY SECURITY COUNCIL IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT

INTERNATIONAL COURT FINDS THAT SOVEREIGNTY OVER ISLANDS OF LIGITAN AND SIPADAN BELONGS TO MALAYSIA

ANGOLA MOVES NEXT MONTH FROM AGENDA ITEM TO SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBER, SAYS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE IN LATEST BRIEFING

SECURITY COUNCIL ENCOURAGES COUNTER-TERRORISM COMMITTEE TO BUILD DIALOGUE WITH RELATED ORGANIZATIONS, IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES MEETING OF AFGHAN SUPPORT GROUP TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN RECOVERY AND SECURITY OF AFGHANISTAN

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS ISRAEL-SYRIA DISENGAGEMENT FORCE UNTIL 30 JUNE 2003

MILLENNIUM GOALS CANNOT BE ACHIEVED IF POPULATION, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ISSUES ARE NOT SQUARELY ADDRESSED, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ASIAN POPULATION CONFERENCE

COOPERATION WITH COUNCIL OF EUROPE, MINE ACTION, YEAR OF RICE (2004) AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED IN 19 TEXTS ADOPTED BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY

IMMIGRANTS, REFUGEES MUST NOT BE SEEN AS A BURDEN, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO MARK INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS DAY

APPROVING SEVERAL DRAFT RESOLUTIONS, DECISIONS, FIFTH COMMITTEE COMPLETES ITS WORK FOR MAIN PART OF FIFTY-SEVENTH SESSION

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S REPORT LISTS PARTIES TO CONFLICT USING CHILD SOLDIERS

ORGANIZED CRIME MUST BE TACKLED FOR DEVELOPMENT TO BE SUCCESSFUL

DANGERS FACING MIDDLE EAST, PERILS OF INACTION SHOULD NOT BE NEGLECTED, SPECIAL COORDINATOR TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION APPROVES AWARDS OF APPROXIMATELY $182 MILLION

‘MUCH TO BE PROUD OF’ IN AFGHANISTAN ONE YEAR AFTER BONN AGREEMENT, BUT WORLD COMMUNITY CANNOT AFFORD COMPLACENCY, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

ELECTRONIC PLATFORM WILL FACILITATE SOUTH-SOUTH TRADE BETWEEN ASIA, AFRICA

SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS GOVERNMENT OF LIBERIA, OTHER PARTIES FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ARMS EMBARGO, CONTINUATION OF WEAPONS IMPORTS

COUNCIL VOTES TO CONDEMN TERRORIST ATTACK IN KENYA, AS IT ADOPTS RESOLUTION 1450 (2002) BY VOTE OF 14-1

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL UNDERSCORES IMPORTANCE OF MULTILATERALISM IN ADDRESS TO HARVARD MODEL UNITED NATIONS 2002

SECURITY COUNCIL FORWARDS NAMES OF 23 JUDICIAL NOMINEES FOR RWANDA TRIBUNAL TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

GLOBALIZATION UNEASE PUSHES ITS WAY TO TOP OF AGENDA AT INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON GOVERNANCE